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The question you should be asking yourself is " Why The F would I want to buy another house in NJ."

Sounds like you are using the red dot like iron sights. The target needs to be clear. Not the dot. Many people don’t realize that if they are using the optic properly, the dot will not be crisp regardless of how good your eyesight is - unless your target is very close. The dot should not be your point of focus like a front iron sight would be with irons. The dot is superimposed on the crisp target while keeping both eyes open. Visualize it as if you are looking at the target and the dot just appeared on the intended point of impact, like someone slid a sheet of glass with a dot in it between your eye and the target. Don’t focus on the dot and follow the dot to the target. Look at a light switch. Focus on one of the screws holding it in place. Now point at the screw without taking your eyes off it, hard focus stays on the screw - this is how it should be done. If you are trying to get a hard focus on the dot, like a front sight on an iron sighted pistol or rifle, you’re doing it wrong. Close your eyes, take a breath, and open them again focusing on the target. The whole point of the RDS is to give your brain one focal point (your target/threat) to think about, instead of 3 focal points (rear sight, front sight, target). Don't sprint your eyes between focal points. ID your target, superimpose the dot over where you want to hit keeping both eyes open, and press the trigger straight to the rear. Repeat as necessary.

Come on man ! Can't we have some fun.

There is way too much going on there for me. With a 14.5” barrel (or more) 5.56 carbine, all you need is a dot and a little knowledge of your preferred zero distance to get hits from 0 to past 300 yards.

Guys - you are all overthinking this. If the dot is a bloom, comet, asterisk, smear, etc.... instead of a crisp dot - it doesn’t matter. When you zero the optic, choose a portion of the dot - the top of the smear, 12 o’clock of the bloom, the point of the tail of the comet - and zero to that point. Don’t make it harder than you need to.

What do you think.

Hmmm, he's back, but only signed up new one hour ago?

What name did you go by? You should still be able to keep whatever creds you had when you left.

THIS^^^^ And I consider "reliable function" to be weak-hand ONLY w/o jamming due to limp-wristing. Otherwise, if you have to engage w/o your strong-side (due to taking fire or broken arm or slicing-the-pie w/o exposing yourself to incoming rounds) and you get a JAMMARAMA, you're holding a ONE-SHOT pistol in yer hands, so make the first shot count! Or buy a revolver! ~R

Thanks HE for the detailed reply, I truly appreciate it. to see the target I need to use distance glasses causing the dot to be in the way of the target making me guess at the center point, don’t know why but with the LPVO I was able to focus the target and the reticle up close and at distance with no eye strain and no headaches.

@zenviko DUDE! Your avatar says you're in Spotswood. So go to SC Arms at Romeo Plaza and see Derek if you have any more issues. He'll sell you some .45 ACP Ball. FWIW lots of guys use a full-length guide rod with a shok buff, myself included. Some full-length guide rods come in two pieces, and you screw the front piece into the piece in the spring & slide and then rotate the barrel bushing. Your Uncle may have done that style of guide rod? You already ordered parts, so use your new parts after you correctly install them as @Mr.Stu has pointed out to you. Keep all the parts of the older guide rod. If at any time you need some help, hit me up and I can meet you at Recoil. I'm about 20 mins away. Oh, and remember to not use "Shooter's Choice" gun cleaner if using plastic shok buffs. Shooter's Choice eats plastic shotgun wad fouling, and thus will attack plastic shok buffs... Rosey https://www.cnjfo.com/join-us

Love the books. Watched the show when it originally aired on cable, enjoyed it thoroughly. I stopped when it moved to Amazon, just didn’t have time and it fell below the radar. Started watching the series again from the beginning in October, just finished season 4 a couple weeks ago. I am very much looking forward to watching season 5. I think they are doing a pretty good job covering all the threads in the books. Lots of overlap during last season of books if I remember the order of the books and what happens right. Last season encompassed elements of “Gods of Risk”, “Cibola Burn” and “Nemesis Games” and cliffhanger-ed a set up for “Babylons Ashes” (which is story 11 in chronological order when including all the novellas, and short stories).

You're probably too far from me, but... IF you find a barrel that is threaded and want the threads cut off and re-crowned, shoot me a PM. I may be able to help. 20" DMR 223 | SATERN® Barrels

I truly believe they were not heard because they knew they had 1 shot at them pass or fail. ACB changes EVERYTHING! like Magazine limits and Concealed carry in NJ as well as reciprocity. AFTER the SCOTUS rulles on the election outcome, of course. This is finally a new era, where the courts will do as envisioned by our founders. Rule on the Constutionality of laws, NOT re write them to make them acceptable. The media is crying about a 6-3 majority, but I call it a 5-4 as Justice Roberts is no conservative. I looked to see if there was any posts related and didn't see any. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Went past a Micky D's today - McRib has landed................

Cant wait. Doubling up on my bp meds in anticipation. Woohoo.

Don't bet on it.

A TIGHT....well fitted bushing is your friend...too loose..bad repeatable lockup... Spring the gun with the spec'd weight.... do you reload..? Dor do you shoot factory 230grn ball?

I’m not sure if replacing the bushing is necessary. True, milspec guns have loose fitting bushings; you can often remove them with your fingers. But bushing fit is crucial for accuracy, and guns that have had accurizing work done will generally have a hand-fitted bushing-and those will be tight! But the gun will be a lot more accurate as a result

There's another thing I've done with starting over a shooter of any age with centerfire guns. I do the "Barney Fife" drill. Load one round and one round only. This removes a continuous source of ammunition if the person reacts by dropping the gun or turning around there is no more ammo. I've done this hundreds of times and only a few brought out an "adverse" reaction from the shooter. Usually they turn but there have been times where they dropped the gun. One of them was a body builder guy firing a target wad cutter in a k frame.